T’ville’s Angels do well in state tournament

July 26, 2012 / Front Page

T’ville’s Angels do well in state tournament

Macie West hands the ball off to Avery Dement for an out at 2nd base against Eufaula. The Thomasville Angels finished 5th in the state tournament last week. For a full story, turn to page 8A. More...

Tag tax comes up again

By Jim Cox Co-Publisher

One of the debates of the political season has been the Clarke County Commission-imposed license plate fee, or tag tax as it is most often referred to. More...

Sex abuse arrests

The Clarke County Sheriff’s Department’s Criminal Investigation Unit has been working on several crimes involving sexual abuse against children over the last couple of weeks. More...

Special Sections

Editorials

Ramblin’ Roses and Flyin’ Bricks

Where’s the fire?

The late
Earl Tucker

Quite a bit of confusion has resulted lately when the fire siren goes off. People don’t know whether it is a fire or an air raid, so we have been asked to explain how one may distinguish. It’s all very simple. More...

Say it ain’t so, Joe

By Bob Martin

Joseph Jefferson Jackson (1887 – 1951), nicknamed “Shoeless Joe”, a Major League baseball player in the early part of the 20th century is known for his play on the field and for his association with the Black Sox Scandal, in which m More...

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School

THS students honored at Awards Day 2012

Photos by Adam Sparks

Look for more THS Award’s Day pictures in next weeks paper. More...

Thomasville summer reading program a hit

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Sperling graduates with honors

Sally Sperling, a 2009 Thomasville High School Alumni, graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham on May 12 receiving a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in English. More...

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For The Record

Marriage license applications

Travis Wayne Kelley and Morgan Mary Hannah Paul; Ronnie James Andrews and Jenny Dianne Roberts; Hank Marlin Baswell and Brandi Kaye Hamlett. Marriage license applications are just that—applications for licenses, not necessarily actual mar More...

Property deeds listed

July 12-18 Parham & Parham, Inc. to Molly C. Parham LLC. Paul H. Parham II to Molly C. Parham LLC. Paul H. Parham II to Molly C. Parham LLC. Paul H. Parham II to Paul H. Parham LLC. Parham & Parham, Inc. More...

Clarke County Sheriff’s report

Arrests booked through the Clarke County Jail during the week of July 17-24 include: Ladreg Marquette Campbell, 27, two counts court cost, failure to appear, non-child support, $1,790 bond, arrested by Clarke County Sheriff’s Dept. More...

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Obituaries - Free Access

Bradford

Freda W. Bradford, 92, of Mobile died Friday, July 20, 2012 at her home. She was born Dec. 3, 1919 in Pine Hill. More...

Hicks

William Lamar Hicks, 80, of Dickinson died Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at Grove Hill Memorial Hospital. He was born May 7, 1932. He was a retired car dealer and a member of Salem Baptist Church in Scyrene. He served in the U.S. More...

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City is still dealing with hospital issues

By Arthur McLean Editor

Thomasville Mayor Sheldon Day took some time at Monday night’s council meeting to talk about the city’s hospital situation. The bankruptcy of Southwest Alabama Medical Center under Anne Thompson’s ownership is still tied up i More...

School board hires Carpenter and Westbrook

By Arthur McLean Editor

Whitney Mar’sha Pritchett Westbrook, daughter of school board member Marshall Pritchett was hired by the Thomasville City School board Tuesday night as a teacher at Thomasville Elementary School. More...

T’ville native helps pen fitness book

Mallory Cargile, formerly Mallory Draper of Thomasville, and owner of Tuscaloosa Adventure Boot Camp recently joined a select group of the world’s leading health and fitness entrepreneurs to co-write the best-selling health and fitness book tit More...

Calendar

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Historical Society to meet July 29 The July 29, 2:30 p.m. meeting of the Clarke County Historical Society will be at Perdue Hill. More...

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People

“Damn Yankees” to be performed this weekend

The Arts Council of Thomasville will be performing “Damn Yankees” this weekend. Show dates are July 27, 30 and 31 at 7 p.m. and July 29 at 3 p.m. at the Bedsole Auditorium in the Thomasville Civic Center. More...

Old photo contest winners

David Phillips is presented a check by Thomasville Times Editor Arthur McLean for his first-place photo submission in the Times old photo contest. More...

Jail drug ring busted

The Clarke County Sheriff’s Department has apparently solved the case of drugs being smuggled into the county jail, arresting four people, including one of the jail’s inmates. Clarke County Sheriff Ray Norris explained that the illi More...

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Religion

CHURCH CALENDAR

Wilson Chapel hosts Women’s Missionary Society More...

County Line Baptist Church attends Talladega camp

When County Line Baptist Church youth group of Arlington was looking for a camp destination away from home and an opportunity to grow closer to God, Shocco Springs Baptist Conference Center was its choice. During the group’s stay at the T More...

Pineview Baptist Church to celebrate 50th anniversary

Pineview Baptist Church began as a mission of the Thomasville Baptist Church under the leadership of Dr. Joe Cothem. In June 1957, that church called Bro. Roy Timberlake as the mission pastor. More...

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Sports

Angels take 5th in state

By Charlie Anderson Contributing Writer

The Thomasville Dixie Angels (9 & 10 year olds) All-Star Softball Team finished witha2–2recordin the Dixie State Tournament being played in Eufaula, garnering them a fifth place finish. More...

Four years of adult softball

By Charlie Anderson Contributing Writer

With the Dixie Baseball and Softball seasons completed there may be some folks who are wondering why the lights are on at the Nathan Stephens Softball Complex. More...

Taking Names and Keeping

Coast to coast in mere seconds

Charlie Anderson

On Monday, July 23, when the Seattle Mariners worked out the trade of outfielder and in the eyes of many, the face of the Mariner franchise, Ichiro Suzuki, to the New York Yankees; rather than boarding a plane that would have taken him from the West More...

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